Pencil display carton



G. BAUMGARD PEN Sept. 27, 19312.

GIL DISPLAY CARTON Filed Nov. 50, 1929 to any particular use.

snort-GE IBA'UMGARI), orcAnLs'rAn'r, NEW Jnnsny, ssrcnon 'rolnAeLn rnivcrn cQMPA vmoFnEW YORK, N. x, AconroaArIoN or DELAWARE PENCIL DISPLAY CARTON .Application filed November 30, 1929. SrialNo. 410,683. 2

This invention relatesgenerally to display cartons and has particular reference to devices of that general nature which are adapted for use in displaying pencils.

An object of the invention is to provide a carton or holder which may readily be changed from a covered container to an open one supported by an easel in such a way that the pencils may readily be seen.

Incidental objects are to provide a construc- V tionwhich can be manufactured at a low cost but which is, nevertheless, strong and durable in use.

The specific embodiment disclosed herein is adapted to serve both as a display carton for sales purposes and as a convenient device for holding a set of pencils exposed in such a way that the user may quickly select any one desired. This is particularly desirable for use in connection with a set of colored pencils or the like. -While the device disclosed is referred to herein as a display carton, that term is employed mainly for convenience and is not intended in any way as a limitation The terms upper, lower, front, rear, and back, are used in describing the construction and in the claims, but these terms are also used for convenience and not 1 for the purpose of imposing any limitations.

-With the foregoing and other objects and advantages in view, the invention is hereinafter explained as embodied in the construction shown in the accompanying drawing.

Thenovel features of that invention in its broader aspects are pointed out in appended claims- In said drawing:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of one "of the devices as it appears when closed to form a container for a set of pencils.

Fig. 2 is a view, on the line indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 1, of the upper rear portion of the container with a part of the cover broken away to expose to view one of the fastening devices.

Fig. 3 is a perspective showing the device arranged to give an easel support for the pencil box or container.

Fig. 4 is a rear view, substantially on the way for selection by a user.

line indicated by'the arrow 4: in Fig. 3, and shows the manner in which the flexible cover is attached to form container. V

The device shown in the drawing has a back 10, two sides 11, and a short piece 12 attached between the sides 11 and forming what might be termed a short front for a box. The box may be of any convenient width, but is shown as it would appear when constructed'to hold aset of seven pencils.

Attached to theshort front 12 is'a member 13, formed around the lower part of the, box, and having a portion 14 which is preferably secured tothe'rear of the box. The member 13 is so constructed as to form a hinge or fiexible portion .15 and is preferably made somewhat flexible or hinged at 16 and 17. The flexible portions 16 and 17 form corners which, when thebox is closed, fit over the cornersat the upper end of the box.

The member 13. also "comprises a portion an easel, to support the 18terminating in a tab 19 which may be flexible or which has a flexibleconnection 20 with the portion 18.

- The tab 19 carries one member-22 of a well known form of snap fastener. Astud 23 on Y the lower. front ofthe box, or on the portion attached thereto of the member'13, cooperates with the fastening-member. 22 to hold the opened up andthe various parts of member 13 adjusted to form an easel support for the box. In setting up the box in this waythe various sections ofthe member 13 are adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 3 andthe snap fastening member 22 engaged with the stud 24:. This formsa comparativelyrigid and entirely satisfactory support for holding a'set of pencils indicated generally at 2? 1n displayed position for sale or in a convenlent V The'm'ember 13 may, of ganized as to do away with the portion excourse, be so reorcontainer constructed to cooperate with the:

- snap member on the jointed member.

tending around the lower part of the box and simply made in such a Way as to provide a portion corresponding generally to the portion 14 to be attached to the rear of the box. This modification would, of course, involve attaching the stud 23 directly to the front member 12.. The member 13is also jointed at 15, 16, 17 and 20 but it is obvious that the entire member may be made of flexible material which will still have enough stiffness tosupport the pencil containerin 'substan-tially the position shown in Fig. v3.

flexibly connected together and adapted to be drawn over the face of the receptacle and fastened to the aforesaid front whereby to effect a closure of the receptacle; and means on the upper back cooperating with means on the end of said member tohold the member in position to serve as a supportingeasel forthe receptacle.

In testimony whereof I heretoaflix my signature-r p J GEORGE BAU-MGARD.

In addition to the modifications'speci'fically' j referred to, it is apparent that. other changes in the construction and relative arrangement of the parts may also be made and still embody the invention. It is, therefore, not the desire tobe limited in any respect except as such limitations may appear in the claims which follow. i

What is. claimed is :7

1. In a device of the character described, a rectangular receptacle for'penci-lsopen at one end, a jointed member hinged onthe back of the-receptacle which may befastened in position to serve as a closure for, oneendand the of the jointed member, and snap. members on thelower front and upper back of the 3. A combined pencil container and display holder comprisinga box open: atone end and for the larger part of its front, a mem' ber secured 'to the lower front, extending around the bottom and along the back of the box, a member hinged to the upper edge of the first member at the back of the box, and constructed to extend over the top and down the front of the box, a flexible tab on the free end of the second member and carrying a fas tening member, and snap'fasteners secured tothe first member onthe front of the box and on the upper rear of the box constructed to cooperate with the fastening member on the aforesaid tab.

4. In a device of the character described, a

receptacle for pencils composed of an end portion; two sides and a back substantially the length of the pencils and a front substantially shorter than the length of the pencils;

in combination with amember hinged to the.

exterior of the back and composed of sections its 

